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SHARON STEEL CORPORATION
FARRELL, MERCER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

FIGURES

Figure 1. Site Location Map

Figure 2.

Figure 3. Site Features and Sampling Location

Figure 4. Fish Consumption Advisory #811

Figure 5. Demographic Statistics

TABLES

Table 1. PADEP Sampling Results 1980-1986 for original monitoring wells at Sharon Steel Slag Area (1).

Parameter Concentration Parameter Concentration
(ppb)

pH 2.5-12.0 Arsenic 3,200

Specific conductance 79,000 Cadmium 100

TDS 95,000 mg/l Chromium 1,600

TOC 39 mg/l Iron 4,500,00

NH 41 mg/l Lead 3,375

Chloride 43,000 mg/l Manganese 140,000

Sulfate 2,000 mg/l Selenium 3,300

TOX 6,400 Silver 108

Phenols 160

TDS - Total Dissolved Solids
TOC - Total Organic Carbon
TOX - Total Halogens
ppb - parts per billion

Table 2. Concentrations of Selected Parameters (parts per billion) in New Monitoring
Wells, August 24-25, 1992 (2).

Parameter Well Number*

1S 1D 2S 2D 3S 3D 4S 4D

Arsenic 25.6 1.8 45.1 1.2 5.8 9.6 4.3 1.5

Lead ND ND 200 ND 300 ND 300 ND

Chromium 15 ND 350 ND 590 ND 990 ND

pH 6.27 7.83 6.03 8.06 3.95 7.95 5.78 7.65

* S - Shallow
* D - Deep

ND - Not detected at laboratory detection limits

TABLE 3. Completed Exposure Pathway Table - On site

Pathway Name	Source	Medium	Exposure Point	Exposure Route	Receptor Population	Time of Exposure	Exposure Activities	Estimated Number Exposed	Chemical (identify by name or reference to tables in document)
Eating contaminated fish	Unkown	Fish	Dining room table (variable)	Ingestion	Fisherman and families	Variable	Eating	0-10	Chlordane, PCBs
Wading and splashing in ponded water	slag pile (CaOH2)	Surface water	on-site ponds and streams	Dermal contact, ingestion	Trespassers	Variable	Wading, swimming, hunting	Unknown	Alkaline water (pH 13)

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Atlanta, Georgia 30333

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Parameter	Concentration	Parameter	Concentration (ppb)
pH	2.5-12.0	Arsenic	3,200
Specific conductance	79,000	Cadmium	100
TDS	95,000 mg/l	Chromium	1,600
TOC	39 mg/l	Iron	4,500,00
NH	41 mg/l	Lead	3,375
Chloride	43,000 mg/l	Manganese	140,000
Sulfate	2,000 mg/l	Selenium	3,300
TOX	6,400	Silver	108
Phenols	160

Parameter	Well Number*
Parameter	1S	1D	2S	2D	3S	3D	4S	4D
Arsenic	25.6	1.8	45.1	1.2	5.8	9.6	4.3	1.5
Lead	ND	ND	200	ND	300	ND	300	ND
Chromium	15	ND	350	ND	590	ND	990	ND
pH	6.27	7.83	6.03	8.06	3.95	7.95	5.78	7.65